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Tag Archives: Kings Lynn
The Witches of Lynn
It’s strange how one thing leads to another. When I was researching the French POWs in King’s Lynn, I came across Devil’s Alley, where the warehouse that was used for temporary accommodation was situated. This led on to the legend … Continue reading
Volunteering Opportunity: The King’s Lynn Borough Archives Transcription Project
Thanks to a generous grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, we have been able to set up a new project, which aims to use crowdsourcing to transcribe the documents held at the King’s Lynn Borough Archives. These records have been … Continue reading
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Tagged crowdsourcing, hall books, king's lynn borough archives, Kings Lynn, palaeography, transcription, volunteering
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Lord Willoughby and ‘the time of rebellion’.
Request The King’s Lynn Borough Archives received a request for information regarding an ‘apparent uprising’ in West Norfolk in 1548, which was described by Francis Blomefield in 1728. On researching this uprising the archivist discovered a number of references within one … Continue reading
Gruesome goings-on in Old Hunstanton
There is a slim uncatalogued file in the King’s Lynn Archive which contains some 14 documents, dated to the 24th year of King George III’s reign labelled, “Customs Murder Suit”. George III reigned from 1760 to 1820. These documents include … Continue reading
Whales, Kidney Stones, and The Charming Sally: Records of Life on and off Board in the late 1700s
At first glance, a calendar regarding the petitions and decisions by the King’s Lynn port Trustees under the ‘Act for the relief of maimed and disabled seamen and widows and children of those killed in the merchant service’ may not … Continue reading
Posted in NRO Research Bloggers
Tagged great yarmouth, Kings Lynn, port, sailors, whale
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Barbary Pirates near King’s Lynn!
The King’s Lynn Borough Archive has a wonderful series of large, leather bound books, called the Hall Books, recording the proceedings of the Town Council. This record, for 10th January, 1625, reports the “granting of twelve great pieces of ordinance … Continue reading
King’s Lynn Tank
Using documents held at the King’s Lynn Borough Archives. When I was very young- and we’re talking now of the early 1950s- my grandad, who’d served in WW1 with the Bradford Pals in the West Yorkshire Light Infantry, gave me … Continue reading
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Tagged First World War, king's lynn borough archives, Kings Lynn, tank
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Mapping the War: The King’s Lynn Bomb Map
I have recently been cataloguing a run of maps from the list of uncatalogued material here in King’s Lynn Borough Archives. Out of this series of eight maps one was the King’s Lynn Bomb Map (NRO, KL/SE 3/8). It was … Continue reading
Posted in Snapshots from the Archive
Tagged bombing raids, Kings Lynn, Second World War
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